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Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/22/chip-kidd-go-book

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Chip Kidd on kissing Neil Gaiman at Comic Con

Neil Gaiman tells a heartwarming anecdote about the night before his wedding to Amanda Palmer: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/25/neil-gaiman-bachelor-party/

Neil Gaiman on his bachelor party

IKEA hacking is the practice of buying things from IKEA and reengineering—or "hacking"—them to become customized, more functional, and often just better designed stuff. The locus of the IKEA hacking movement is a website called IKEAhackers.net. It’s a showcase for people who have tricked out their KALLAXES, their ARKELSTORPS and their FLÄRDFULLS .
Would-be hackers can gather tips from other hackers, and once they're ready, post pictures and how-to guides of their own hacks.
Producer Sean Cole spoke with Jules Yap of IKEAhackers.net, and academics Daniela Rosner and Jonathan Bean (the latter of whom helped him hack an IKEA storage-bed out of KALLAX bookcases and some doors that can be found at any  big-box home improvement store).

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